3ii 



Rowings of his rage, he might fix upon me 

 a$ the " Jonas" and deem it expedient to 

 take his meafures accordingly. At all events 

 it was neceflary to keep out of the way, in 

 order not to interrupt him or his men in 

 working the veflel ; I therefore remained be- 

 low, during the high tide of his ravings and 

 ftampings, (hewing my head only at the hatch- 

 way, like an unhappy obje£t peeping out of 

 a prifon. 



We remained for a confiderable time 

 deep fixed in mud. Luckily the meridian fun 

 approached with a fine breeze in his fuite, and 

 we were once more fet afloat, when we were 

 quickly placed alongfide the battery at St. 

 Andrew's fort, and I moft gladly jumped on 

 fhore, rejoicing in the termination of a voyage 

 which had been haraffing and vexatious, be- 

 yond all that the moft ill-tokened calculation 

 could have anticipated. Never was poor fuf- 

 fering prifoner more happy in being releafed 

 from long confinement, than I was to efcape 

 from my noifome abode in the Voltigeur. 

 During four fad long days, and four ftill more 

 wearifome nights had I been immured in the 

 filthiefl of all filthy dungeons, ill, and in a 



